LINGUIST List 22.268 Sun Jan 16 2011 Books: Sociolinguistics: Djité Editor for this issue: Fatemeh Abdollahi <fatemehlinguistlist.org> Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers are available at the end of this issue. Directory         1.     Elinor Robertson , The Language Difference: Djité Message 1: The Language Difference: Djité Date: 13-Jan-2011 From: Elinor Robertson <marketingmultilingual-matters.com> Subject: The Language Difference: Djité E-mail this message to a friend Title: The Language Difference Subtitle: Language and Development in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region Series Title: Multilingual Matters Published: 2011 Publisher: Multilingual Matters                 http://www.multilingual-matters.com/ Book URL: http://www.multilingual-matters.com/display.asp?isb=9781847693402 Author: Paulin Djité Hardback: ISBN: 9781847693402 Pages: 264 Price: U.K. £ 69.95 Hardback: ISBN: 9781847693402 Pages: 264 Price: U.S. $ 119.95 Abstract: Language is a sensitive issue in the developing world, because language choice and behaviour are integral to the social, economic and political stability of multicultural societies. To what extent does this argument hold? Does language make a difference when it comes to development, and is there a perceptible difference in development between countries that is attributable to their choice of language? This book sets out to answer these questions by investigating how language has been and is being used in four countries of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (i.e. Cambodia, the Lao PDR, Myanmar and Viet Nam), especially in the critical areas of education, health, the economy and governance. Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics Written In: English (eng ) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=52586 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue -------------------------- Major Supporters -------------------------- Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd http://www.continuumbooks.com De Gruyter Mouton http://www.degruyter.com/mouton Edinburgh University Press http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/ Elsevier Ltd http://www.elsevier.com/linguistics Equinox Publishing Ltd http://www.equinoxpub.com/ John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/ Lincom GmbH http://www.lincom.eu Multilingual Matters http://www.multilingual-matters.com/ Palgrave Macmillan http://www.palgrave.com ---------------------- Other Supporting Publishers ---------------------- Page Updated: 16-Jan-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.